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'''Basic Trope''': Certain characters in a work are only competent if they're in a given age range.
* '''Straight''': Alice, Bob, Charlie, Dylan, and Erika are a [[Five
* '''Exaggerated''': The [[Five
* '''Justified''': The [[Competence Zone]] exists for a reason. Freddie is too young to be a skilled pilot, and George's older body is too frail to handle the strains of robot piloting.
* '''Inverted''': Everyone in the twenty-something age range is useless, and saving the day falls to Freddie, the [[Kid Hero]] and George, the [[Cool Old Guy]].
* '''Subverted''': Henry shows up. He's outside of the zone, but he proves to be more than competent enough.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...For a while, anyway. He ends up needing to be rescued by the [[Five
* '''Parodied''': "Well, Bob, it's your 30th birthday! Time to leave the team!" "But I can still..." "No you can't! Now leave!"
* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to realize that all twenty-somethings are dangerous and wipes all of them out. Since they were the only ones who stood a chance, he's able to [[Take Over the World]].
* '''Reconstructed''': However, the remaining pilot candidates remind Emperor Evulz that there's a huge gap between "very competent" and "incompetent", and show that they have the skills necessary to reclaim the world from him.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Henry shows up. He's outside of the zone but has the skills to succeed...except the [[Five
* '''Averted''': Everyone, regardless of age, has an equal chance of being a competent robot pilot.
* '''Enforced''': "We want twenty-somethings to watch this show, so let's make it to where only twenty-somethings can be heroes!"
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